Welcome to the NewsHour. Today in Washington, President Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Ruta

announced they would give Ukraine new American weapons bought by European allies. And President Trump

threatened massive new sanctions on Russia if there is no ceasefire established by early September.

As Nick Schiffen reports, it was a remarkable turnaround

for a president who only months ago blamed Ukraine for the war and ridiculed its president.

As eastern Ukraine burned after another Russian attack, President Trump embraced Ukraine's and Europe's defense.

We are going to be sending them weapons and they're going to be paying for them.

Ukraine has relied on tens of billions of dollars of American weapons, but until today,

the Trump administration had not authorized any new shipments.

Now, Europe will send its own U.S.-made weapons to Ukraine, including Patriot Air Defense,

and then buy new U.S. weapons to backfill their own stocks. NATO Secretary General Mark Ruta.

It will mean that Ukraine can get his hands on really massive numbers of military equipment,

both for air defense, but also missiles, ammunition, et cetera, et cetera.

And the president who earlier this year publicly embarrassed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

You don't have the cars. You're buried there.

People had died.

Today, said his break with Putin was a family affair.

We thought we had a deal numerous times.

I'd get home.

I'd say, First Lady, I had the most wonderful talk with Vladimir.

I think we're finished. And then I'll turn on the television, or she'll say to me one time,

well, that's strange because they just bombed a nursing home.

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